The temperature on July 1, 1910 was between 9.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
Day of marriage January 24, 1935
The temperature on January 24, 1935 was between 3.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
Day of death March 19, 1988
The temperature on March 19, 1988 was between 3.2 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
August 21 » The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
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